W. Andy Tao

12.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
200 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

W. Andy Tao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Andy Tao has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Molecular Biology, 70 papers in Spectroscopy and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in W. Andy Tao's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (50 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (49 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (40 papers). W. Andy Tao is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (50 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (49 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (40 papers). W. Andy Tao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. W. Andy Tao's co-authors include Anton Iliuk, R. Graham Cooks, Jian‐Kang Zhu, Lianghai Hu, Chuan‐Chih Hsu, Pengcheng Wang, Liang Xue, Ruedi Aebersold, Chunzhao Zhao and Duxi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. Andy Tao

194 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

Aptamer in Bioanalytical ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2017 2017 2013 2017 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Aptamer in Bioanalytical Applications
    2011 666 citations Anton Iliuk, W. Andy Tao et al. profile →
  2. Reciprocal Regulation of the TOR Kinase and ABA Receptor Balances Plant Growth and Stress Response
    2017 401 citations Pengcheng Wang, Yang Zhao et al. profile →
  3. MAP Kinase Cascades Regulate the Cold Response by Modulating ICE1 Protein Stability
    2017 387 citations Chunzhao Zhao, Pengcheng Wang et al. profile →
  4. Quantitative phosphoproteomics identifies SnRK2 protein kinase substrates and reveals the effectors of abscisic acid action
    2013 380 citations Pengcheng Wang, Liang Xue et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Phosphoproteins in extracellular vesicles as candidate markers for breast cancer
    2017 354 citations I‐Hsuan Chen, Liang Xue et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. A RAF-SnRK2 kinase cascade mediates early osmotic stress signaling in higher plants
    2020 207 citations Chuan‐Chih Hsu, Yanyan Du et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Surface functionalization of exosomes for chondrocyte-targeted siRNA delivery and cartilage regeneration
    2024 40 citations W. Andy Tao, Shizhi Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Andy Tao United States 52 5.9k 2.9k 2.6k 927 638 200 9.4k
Kevin H. Gardner United States 54 7.4k 1.2× 2.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 241 0.3× 958 1.5× 116 9.8k
Katalin F. Medzihradszky United States 57 6.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 2.2k 0.9× 154 0.2× 338 0.5× 188 9.9k
Ronald L. Cerny United States 50 3.9k 0.7× 908 0.3× 998 0.4× 179 0.2× 521 0.8× 136 8.3k
Maarten Altelaar Netherlands 47 4.8k 0.8× 374 0.1× 2.3k 0.9× 435 0.5× 474 0.7× 173 7.4k
Shabaz Mohammed Netherlands 61 11.5k 2.0× 890 0.3× 4.8k 1.9× 575 0.6× 888 1.4× 182 15.4k
Christoph Eckerskorn Germany 48 4.7k 0.8× 751 0.3× 1.0k 0.4× 384 0.4× 144 0.2× 116 6.6k
Elizabeth A. Komives United States 51 5.4k 0.9× 701 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 141 0.2× 886 1.4× 197 7.8k
Zhiqiang Ye China 40 3.2k 0.5× 702 0.2× 1.3k 0.5× 485 0.5× 1.8k 2.9× 105 6.6k
Xi Cheng China 21 5.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 378 0.1× 541 0.6× 75 0.1× 54 8.3k
Lawrence P. McIntosh Canada 48 5.8k 1.0× 477 0.2× 683 0.3× 773 0.8× 238 0.4× 145 7.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guo, Xin, Yue Wang, W. Andy Tao, et al.. (2025). Neuroprotective mechanisms of A-971432: Targeting S1PR5 to modulate PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. International Immunopharmacology. 156. 114700–114700. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qinglin, Yunpeng Bai, Peipei Zhu, et al.. (2024). The PRL2 phosphatase up-regulates miR-21 through activation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway to down-regulate the PTEN tumor suppressor. Biochemical Journal. 482(7). 341–356. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaofeng, Yuxin Zhuang, Li Li, et al.. (2024). Monitoring drug metabolic pathways through extracellular vesicles in mouse plasma. PNAS Nexus. 3(2). pgae023–pgae023. 2 indexed citations
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Patrick, Ryan M., Xingqi Huang, Matthew E. Bergman, et al.. (2024). Volatile communication in plants relies on a KAI2-mediated signaling pathway. Science. 383(6689). 1318–1325. 20 indexed citations
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Bockorny, Bruno, Lakshmi Muthuswamy, Ling Huang, et al.. (2023). A large-scale proteomics resource of circulating extracellular vesicles for biomarker discovery in pancreatic cancer. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Jie, et al.. (2023). Profiling Phosphoproteome Landscape in Circulating Extracellular Vesicles from Microliters of Biofluids through Functionally Tunable Paramagnetic Separation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(29). e202305668–e202305668. 19 indexed citations
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Jiang, Pei, Xiangyu Ma, Leilei Wu, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the microRNA transcriptomes and proteomics of cochlear tissue-derived small extracellular vesicles from mice of different ages after birth. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(3). 154–154. 14 indexed citations
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Du, Yanyan, et al.. (2022). Identification of Novel Kinases of Tau Using Fluorescence Complementation Mass Spectrometry (FCMS). Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 21(12). 100441–100441. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Guiyuan Zhang, Ya‐Ting Chen, et al.. (2022). High Throughput Isolation and Data Independent Acquisition Mass Spectrometry (DIA-MS) of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles to Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis. Molecules. 27(23). 8155–8155. 12 indexed citations
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He, Junna, Christos N. Velanis, Kai Tang, et al.. (2021). A domesticated Harbinger transposase forms a complex with HDA6 and promotes histone H3 deacetylation at genes but not TEs in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63(8). 1462–1474. 16 indexed citations
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Srivastava, Mayank, Ying Zhang, Jian Chen, et al.. (2020). Chemical proteomics tracks virus entry and uncovers NCAM1 as Zika virus receptor. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3896–3896. 44 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengcheng, Chuan‐Chih Hsu, Yanyan Du, et al.. (2020). Mapping proteome-wide targets of protein kinases in plant stress responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(6). 3270–3280. 133 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingxia & W. Andy Tao. (2019). Long Noncoding RNA LINC00152 Facilitates the Leukemogenesis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Promoting CDK9 Through miR-193a. DNA and Cell Biology. 38(3). 236–242. 26 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chunzhao, Omar Zayed, Zheping Yu, et al.. (2018). Leucine-rich repeat extensin proteins regulate plant salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(51). 13123–13128. 278 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yingfang, Bangshing Wang, Kai Tang, et al.. (2017). An Arabidopsis Nucleoporin NUP85 modulates plant responses to ABA and salt stress. PLoS Genetics. 13(12). e1007124–e1007124. 69 indexed citations
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Yan, Jun, Pengcheng Wang, Bangshing Wang, et al.. (2017). The SnRK2 kinases modulate miRNA accumulation in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 13(4). e1006753–e1006753. 83 indexed citations
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Chen, I‐Hsuan, Liang Xue, Chuan‐Chih Hsu, et al.. (2017). Phosphoproteins in extracellular vesicles as candidate markers for breast cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(12). 3175–3180. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Pengcheng, Liang Xue, Giorgia Batelli, et al.. (2013). Quantitative phosphoproteomics identifies SnRK2 protein kinase substrates and reveals the effectors of abscisic acid action. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(27). 11205–11210. 380 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xue, Liang & W. Andy Tao. (2013). Current technologies to identify protein kinase substrates in high throughput. Frontiers in Biology. 8(2). 216–227. 15 indexed citations
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Walls, Chad D., Anton Iliuk, Yunpeng Bai, et al.. (2013). Phosphatase of regenerating liver 3 (PRL3) provokes a tyrosine phosphoproteome to drive prometastatic signal transduction. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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